Katja Krasavice's breast augmentation: what she said about it herself

The article quoted her own explanation, given to BILD: “I had the enlargement done because I wanted bigger breasts, and I'd said back then: if my fourth album goes to number one, I'll definitely make my breasts bigger again.” After the multi-hour operation, she also posted directly to her own followers on Instagram: “I'm finally awake! Everything's spinning, but I'm fine,” reassuring fans who had seen a video she posted shortly before the surgery.

That is the whole of what we rely on here. Krasavice did not name a surgeon, a clinic or an exact surgical technique in that account, so this article does not guess at them. Where the text below explains methods, timelines and prices, it describes breast augmentation in general, not her treatment.

She tied her decision to a personal milestone (an album reaching number one) rather than to any health reason, and documented the hours around the operation itself on social media, including waking up from anaesthesia.

A second or later augmentation is a genuinely different operation from a first one. The surgeon has to work with existing scar tissue and an already-formed implant pocket, and decide whether to reuse, enlarge or recreate that pocket for the new, larger implant. This is one reason a revision is usually planned and discussed in more detail at the consultation stage than a first-time procedure.

• Creating a new pocket or changing plane — if the existing tissue has thinned, stretched unevenly, or the patient is also changing the implant's position (for example from over the muscle to under it), the surgeon may create a fresh pocket.

The final implant size, shape and placement are matched to the patient's own anatomy at a consultation, not decided from a celebrity's reported cup size.

Contraindications include active infection, uncontrolled diabetes, significant heart or lung disease, pregnancy and breastfeeding, and anything that prevents safe general anaesthesia; the surgeon checks all of this before a date is booked.

Swelling continues to settle over the following weeks, and heavy lifting or raising the arms above shoulder level is avoided for about three weeks. By one month, swelling has usually gone down enough for the breasts to take on a natural shape and softness. Fitness, swimming and the pool are usually possible again after 4 to 6 weeks, with a compression garment worn during that period. By three months, any remaining tightness typically resolves as the tissue settles fully around the implant.

The first consultation is free and can be held online: the surgeon reviews photos, discusses size and placement, and confirms the price in the contract before the date is booked. More details are on the breast augmentation page.

To be clear: City Medical Centre has no connection with Katja Krasavice or her treatment. Her story is simply a well-known example of someone who documented her own reasons for a breast augmentation in public.